Crafting for Christmas 2010, lets begin again......

Kaleidoscope27

mummyslittleboy wrote: »

Not sure if they would be what you are after Kaleidoscope27 but hobbycraft have some magnetic foam sheets 3 for £1.00

Oh awesome! Just looked them up on their website and it says:

"...it’s great for making fridge magnets!"

There's a store not far from here either.

Thank you for such a quick reply

Gemmy_2

mary-op wrote: »

craftfairies - they're brilliant :T Is there anywhere else that sells those sweets apart from Asda ? Our nearest one is over 20 miles away !!

They do the 'o's' in lidl xD

monkeysallsayboo

Hi All

Just thought I would list what i have and havent done so far!

for my 2.5 year old i will making some xmas clips, like on my webpage. i have also started making a ragdoll. I have also used mollychickens blog idea for a hedgehog to make some little dolls, just two simple ones. Also in the process of painting some little wooden 'people shapes' to turn into little fairies.
i have painted so giant pegs for my partner, sister and for me and need to add some magnets to the back!
i have made all my crayon rolls and some bean bags for the kids. i have saved lots of coffeemate type tins to store them in. then depending on the childs age i will write out some fancy instructions for ideas. i.e. juggling, seeing who can throw the furthest, or into the smallest hole, etc.
i have started gathering some stuff to make a tutu for my daughter.
i am going to make some bird feed shapes, but nearer to xmas!
and once my printer is fixed i am planning on printing off loads of character colouring pages for the kids and putting a folder with their crayon rolls. i was going to buy a colouring book, but this might be better as i can print exactly what characters and animals they like!
i am also planning on making some fabric envelopes and some velcro stamps and also some finger puppets.
thats a small part of my list! but i keep getting distracted lol!!!

chasingsunshine_2

monkeysallsayboo wrote: »

Hi All

Just thought I would list what i have and havent done so far!

for my 2.5 year old i will making some xmas clips, like on my webpage. i have also started making a ragdoll. I have also used mollychickens blog idea for a hedgehog to make some little dolls, just two simple ones. Also in the process of painting some little wooden 'people shapes' to turn into little fairies.
i have painted so giant pegs for my partner, sister and for me and need to add some magnets to the back!
i have made all my crayon rolls and some bean bags for the kids. i have saved lots of coffeemate type tins to store them in. then depending on the childs age i will write out some fancy instructions for ideas. i.e. juggling, seeing who can throw the furthest, or into the smallest hole, etc.
i have started gathering some stuff to make a tutu for my daughter.
i am going to make some bird feed shapes, but nearer to xmas!
and once my printer is fixed i am planning on printing off loads of character colouring pages for the kids and putting a folder with their crayon rolls. i was going to buy a colouring book, but this might be better as i can print exactly what characters and animals they like!
i am also planning on making some fabric envelopes and some velcro stamps and also some finger puppets.
thats a small part of my list! but i keep getting distracted lol!!!

Sounds fab so far! Well done!

Where do you get your fabric for beanbags and crayon rolls? I want to try some but not having much luck finding fabric

mary-op

Gemmy - thanks......same problem with Lidl though -20 mile there and back:( We've only got tesco and co-op. Little old fashioned sweet shop opened but nothing in there and talk about price !!

monkey - what a lovely assortment you've listed there. I wondered about finger puppets for my 3 and half year old grandson but whether I get round to it is another matter......;)

Taken me nearly all day to make some little felt animals to put in an alphabet wall hanger for grandson with little pockets..........most of the animals and objects were done but I was left with the elephant, Yacht, xylophone pig and igloo.
elephant looks ok.........not sure about the pig (its a bit ''pink''), yacht I made too big but can make the pocket it goes in a bit smaller, igloo needs a bit of something but don't know what......beginning to wish I'd gone an icecream.............lol
xylophone still to do..............phew !!

craftfairies

MAgnets - With regard to making fridge magnets, the hobbycraft magnetic foam is great, ours is no longer on 3 for £1.00 but has changed to 69p a sheets 3 for 2
I made this magnet with it


There is a tutorial for it HERE

MultipleMumma

Just found these threads today so wanted to say hi!!:j

I am a SAHM to four and I craft a bit in my spare time. I plan to make as many of my prezzies this year as I can!! I make tutus, cupcake toppers, party banners & napkin rings, cupcake wrappers, gift tags, hair bows & clips and custom t-shirt (when I get chance LOL)

Am looking forward to sharing tips on here - I LOVE Christmas!!!

twinklelittlestar

wonder if anyone can help. I am wanting to do the following for a school fayre: Reindeer poop, magic reindeer food and jars of nothing. However I dont really know what to charge. Please could anyone tell me what they have sold these items for in the past just to give me a rough idea, I was thinking £1 each but I dont want to overprice them. Thank you

monkeysallsayboo

chasing sunshine - i have used just normal fabric, a small shop near me does fat quarters so i have bought some from there. i have also used remenant house online. i also used old clothes if i can!!! so kids stripey tops, denim is good too!

Jo4

Someone posted a link to Hobbycraft for gold buckets. When I visited the site I found these buckets and I wanted to order them, http://direct.hobbycraft.co.uk/productdetail.asp?productcatalogue=320631 but every time I try to order them it says they are availble and when I add them to the basket they are supposed to be in it. However when I look at the contents of the basket the gold buckets are not there.

Can anyone tell me where I could get them?